@Brandon9000,
Brandon, just stop. We all understand that the WMD lie was used to sell the war; but do you understand that after the lie was revealed as such, Bush and his supporters started using the 'freedom' angle instead?
Also, there are major weaknesses with your original position that the invasion was ever justified, even with the WMD issue.
What was a 'fringe benefit' became the 'justification all along' once it was revealed that the war was based on lies, lies perpetrated by an administration who wanted to go to war in Iraq very badly, no matter what the intel said.
No amount of whitewashing on your part will change the truth of history, Brandon; that Bush blundered badly, sold a war on false premises to the American people, and then fumbled around and fucked it up for years. This has lead more than anything else to the tanking of the Republican party, who is going to be in a hole for some time. Can't you just admit this?
Cycloptichorn